Conductor Alice Farnham releases first book

Writing with refreshing passion, and with her own personal story at its heart, Alice Farnham sets out to explore what it means to be a conductor in modern times. Uniquely, she draws on a wealth of insights from fellow conductors, each with their own perspectives and specialisms – from luminaries such as Antonio Pappano and Jane Glover, to a new generation making their own distinctive mark on the profession.
This is not a guide on how to conduct: for music lovers and music makers, not least aspiring conductors, it’s a frank, fascinating portrait of what conducting really entails today. Beyond that, it’s a book about leadership, full of timely sentiment on who gets to lead, and what it takes to unite and inspire people.

‘A book that will fascinate and enthral anyone interested in music. Alice Farnham’s enchanting blend of insight, experience, musical understanding, sparkling good sense and intelligence brings alive and demystifies what it is to be a conductor.’
– Stephen Fry

Alice Farnham is listed in the Classic FM Today’s Ten Best Women Conductors and in the BBC Woman’s Hour Music Power List. Recent engagements include concerts with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, and Southbank Sinfonia.

Read more about Alice here: bit.ly/3ZZomNN

The book is published by Faber, and you can buy it here: https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571370504-in-good-hands/

If you are in Sweden, you can also find it on Bokus https://www.bokus.com/bok/9780571370504/in-good-hands/

The picture is from a book launch last week, which Cate Blanchett and Todd Field visited. Field directed the film Tár (2022), where Blanchett plays a conductor.

A huge congratulations to Alice!